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With campaigns for Burberry, Topshop and Tom Ford under her belt, we doubt model Cara Delevingne is ever short of a few bob. All the same, we're not sure if she could afford to buy this place just yet!

The it-girl takes Vogue on a tour of her "home," but Harry Potter fans will notice a few familiar things. The Great Hall, Olivander's Wand Shop, the Knight Bus… are you sure this is your house, Cara?

Although she doesn't seem like a J.K. Rowling superfan herself, Cara certainly enjoys gallivanting around The Wizarding World of Harry Potter like she owns the place!

 

 

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A good book, and we mean a REALLY good book, is a rare find.

When you reach the last page of a really gripping novel, it’s always a little bit devastating that you’ll never read it again for the first time. That’s why it can be really exciting when you find out your favourite book is being turned into a film. 

Some book-to-film adaptations are spot-on: great movies in their own right but also totally faithful to the original material. Others… not so good. Cringey accents *cough* PS I Love You *cough*, giant plot holes and, the worst of all, changed endings. NO.

Here are some of the movies that got it right, thank God…

1. The Harry Potter series
J.K. Rowling’s creation became one of the publishing world’s biggest success stories, so it’s understandable that the Harry Potter series would become the most talked about movie franchise of all time. We admit that the earlier films don’t QUITE hit the mark but from The Prisoner of Azkaban onward, we were hooked. We challenge you not to cry for 90% of the last two films. Just the word “Dobby” is still enough to bring a lump to our throat…

2. The Notebook
Call it cringey, call it cheesy, but The Notebook is still our go-to love story! The book itself is quite short, so nothing is cut out in the film which we love. And let’s face it, the addition of Ryan Gosling didn’t do any harm either!

3. The Fault In Our Stars
This young adult novel had a huge cult following among readers of all ages, so the film was definitely put under heavy scrutiny when it was released. But author John Green was so happy with how the screenwriters adapted his work, that he asked them to work with him on upcoming adaptations of his other books, Paper Towns and Looking For Alaska. The film is a total tearjerker and really does remain faithful to Green’s writing.

4. Bridget Jones’ Diary
Just like the book, the film version of Bridget Jones was funny, realistic and a little bit tongue-in-cheek. Renée Witherspoon was a controversial choice for singleton Bridget but she definitely made the part her own, gaining over two stone for the film . As for Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, they were already well used to the rom-com genre!

5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Author Stieg Larsson died when his books were still unpublished, so he never knew of their success, let alone of a film adaptation. A Swedish movie version of the first book in the three-part series was released in 2009, with a higher-budget English version following in  2011. Both get the thumbs up from us – dark, sinister thrillers that totally capture the essence of the book. 

 

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Daniel Radcliffe was in Dublin last night for the premiere of his new movie What If  and decided it was a great opportunity to reconnect with some old Irish friends.

Remember in 2012 when Daniel Radcliffe hung out with the Dublin minor team – least we forget the drunken photo of him holding the Tom Markham cup, well he certainly left a lasting impression.

The lads met up with the Harry Potter star last night and presented him with his very own Dublin jersey with Radcliffe 25 on the back.

Dublin GAA tweeted this to prove that yes it really did happen:

Oh and least you forget the drunken night in question here is a reminder:

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Danielle Radcliffe rose to fame by playing the much loved Harry Potter, so you wouldn’t think he’d go around saying he hated it!

However, he’s not really being critical of the film, rather his own performance:

“It’s hard to watch a film like Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, because I’m just not very good in it. I hate it.

“My acting is very one-note and I can see I got complacent and what I was trying to do just didn’t come across. My best film is the fifth one (Order Of The Phoenix) because I can see a progression.”

Awh, don’t worry Daniel, everyone is their own worst critic! And as he said himself, JK Rowling never had a problem with how he did his job: “To my knowledge she was always very happy with the way I played him, but it’s my job to be critical.”

 

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This is just so heartbreaking.

Author of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, has sent a letter to 15-year-old, Cassidy Stay, in the voice of Dumbledore.

The move comes after the teen’s mum, dad and siblings were all shot dead by her uncle in Texas at the beginning of July.

During a memorial service for her family, the brave girl took to the podium and quoted Dumbledore in her moving and inspirational tribute: “Happiness can be found in the darkest times if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

J.K. Rowling heard of the girl’s words through a social media campaign and sent Cassidy a handwritten letter from Dumbledore, and lots of Harry Potter items such as a wand and a signed book. 

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It’s not just Hogwart’s that gives you a pang of jealousy when you remember your own secondary school, but many others too! Though mostly Hogwart’s…

Here are some other fictional schools we would love to have gone to!

1. St. Trinian’s

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This is the ultimate school for bad girls; whether you watched one of the original five, the two reboots or read the original books, you’d know that this isn’t the usual English boarding school. The girls smoked, drank and gambled, while the principal bitched at them. Yeah, sounds about right!

2. Sunnydale High School

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Sure, the place was rife with vampires and other demonic hellspawn, but Buffy was there and you could watch her kick ass like nobody’s business. You could go to school with Willow and Xander, and maybe just join their clique. Plus, Giles was just the best mentor ever.

3. Bayside High School

Saved By The Bell was a staple of nineties’ teen comedies, and why did you want to go there? Depending on your sexual preference, it was Zach Morris or Kelly Kapowski. Swoon. But now Screech is creepy as hell and the original series has been off the air for 21 years.

4. Rydell High

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With fabulous hair, spontaneous outbursts of song and enviable wardrobe choices, Grease made us want to have sex on a beach, without us really knowing what it meant. Sure, it didn’t harm us, did it? Did it?

5. Horace Green Prep School

Sure, the actual school from School of Rock had pretension down to a fine art but, as usual, Jack Black came to save the day with his usual brand of rock-based shenanigans. In his class, everyone had a place and they were all great in their roles. Inclusiveness ftw.

6. Shermer High School

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The Breakfast Club was the quintessential high school movie of the eighties and is still considered one of the best.

7. North Shore High School

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Oh, Mean Girls. The film that spawned a million memes, and saw Lindsay Lohan in her last big role, is still as popular as ever. In this school, Tina Fey would be your teacher, you’d get involved in huge physical fights with the others in your class, and you’d realise that butter is a carb. What’s not to love? So fetch.

8. William McKinley High

There have been a few fictitious high schools of this particular name, but if you are at all adept with Netflix, you have checked out the glory of Freaks and Geeks. It pretty much kick-started the careers of many of today’s comedic talents, including Jason Segel and Seth Rogen, and it’s still probably the best work most of them have produced. So, big question, are you a freak or a geek?

9. Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters

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Okay, really, who didn’t want to be a part of the X-Men, to be nurtured by Professor X and remain on the side of good; depending, of course, on your own personal affiliations? Sure, if you’re going to be a weirdo, you may as well get a power out of it, right?

10. Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry

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The be all and end all of fictional schools, it’s on perhaps every list of fictional schools we want(-ed) to attend, even if you don’t like Harry Potter. The nerdier among you may even know the house into which you would be sorted. Potions class would’ve been a hell of a lot more fun than Chemistry or whatever else they tried to throw at us.

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Harry Potter star David Legeno has died aged 50, while hiking in Death Valley in California.

David is known for his role of villainous werewolf Fenrir Greyback in three movies of the Harry Potter films.

The star was found by two hikers in the area on Sunday. The sheriff’s office has said that it’s likely that David died of heart related issues.

He played the werewolf in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as well as the final two movies in the film franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.  

 

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There is very exciting news for Harry Potter fans today as J.K. Rowling has released a short story on her website!

The talented author, who created the much loved books, uploaded the story to the Pottermore website, and fans have gone wild for it already.

The story itself is written as an article by journalist Rita Skeeter and features an older, greying Harry Potter, and lots more of “Dumbledore’s Army” attending a Quidditch World Cup final.

How timely!

The story marks the very first appearance of Harry or any other character for that matter, as adults since the last book.

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Having red hair has made people an easy target for bullies since time began, and Harry Potter’s Ron Weasley (aka Rupert Grint) revealed that he was no exception. He listed out some of the names he used to be called in school:

“They’re all variations on ‘Ginge’, ‘M***e’ and ‘Ginger Pubes’. That’s a popular one. Maybe that was bullying. I embraced it.”

You would think that now that he is super rich and famous, having red hair wouldn’t cause him problems anymore, but in fact it just makes him really easy to recognise, which is a big problem when you were in one of the greatest films of all time! Grint says he can’t take public transport anymore because his red hair acts as a “beacon” to fans of the Harry Potter films.

Grint’s fiery hair won’t have anything to do with his latest project Postman Pat though – he has been cast as the voice of Josh, a rival to Postman Pat in a TV talent contest. It sounds original anyway, we can’t wait to check it out!

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Famous Harry Potter star, Emma Watson, decided to share a pretty selfie of her cap and gown at her graduation ceremony today.

The 24-year-old actress graduated with a degree in English Literature from Brown University.

Emma enrolled in the college in 2009, but has admitted it has taken her five years to get her degree instead of four, due to her busy filming schedule.

Congratulations Emma, its well deserved!

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Daniel Radcliffe says most romantic comedies are “lame”.

The 24-year-old Harry Potter star is stepping outside of his comfort zone by taking on the lead in romantic comedy What If.

He plays medical school drop-out Wallace, who has been unlucky in love until he meets the stunning Chantry.

The problem is, she already has a boyfriend, but they soon start to wonder if they could be more than just friends!

Daniel didn’t see Wallace as a kindred spirit, until he realised they share one annoying quirk.

“On the second page of the script, he corrects somebody’s pronunciation of a word, and I thought, ‘Oh God, I’m this a**hole,'” he said. “I’ve gotten better, but it’s like I’ve got some version of grammatical Tourette’s. I can’t hear someone make a mistake without wanting to correct them.”

The actor calls What If  his “first foray into the 21st century” and says he prepared by watching his favourite romantic comedy, 1981’s Arthur.

“It’s really, really funny,” he said of the Dudley Moore classic. “In so many romantic comedies the humour is kind of lame.”

Maybe don’t tell your director that Daniel!

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J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be released in November 2016.

But we can’t wait that long!

The book was published in 2001 as one of Harry’s Hogwarts textbooks,

It will be adapted by Warner Bros. and set years before the arrival of the famous boy wizard, played by Daniel Radcliffe in the movies.

CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment Kevin Tsujihara previously revealed the book will be turned into a movie trilogy.

He said, ”Three mega movies are planned. The main character will be a ‘magizoologist’ named Newt Scamander. The stories, neither prequels or sequels, will start in New York about seven decades before the arrival of Mr. Potter and his pals.”

The casting, or who will direct the ‘mega movies’ has yet to be decided, but we can’t to see who is lined up for the wizardly roles!

Rowling has sang the CEO’s praises for agreeing to pen the first of the spin-off movies.

She said, ”When I say he made Fantastic Beasts happen, it isn’t PR-speak but the literal truth.

”We had one dinner, a follow-up telephone call, and then I got out the rough draft that I’d thought was going to be an interesting bit of memorabilia for my kids and started rewriting!”

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